Whitemore Salt Marsh

Whitemore Salt Marsh is a nature reserve in Essex, Massachusetts. Whitemore Salt Marsh is situated nearby to the hamlet Annisquam, as well as near Riverview Landing.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wingaersheek Beach and Annisquam Harbor Light.

Wingaersheek Beach

Beach

Photo: Gabrielm199, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wingaersheek Beach is a 0.6-mile long beach located on the Annisquam River in West Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. According to the USGS the name is a corruption of the earlier Dutch name "Wyngaerts Hoeck", which was derived from "Wyngaerton".

Annisquam Harbor Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Annisquam Harbor Light Station is a historic lighthouse located on Wigwam Point in the Annisquam neighborhood of Gloucester, Massachusetts. It can be viewed from nearby Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester.

Corn Island

Island

Corn Island is a forested island of Essex County, Massachusetts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gloucester and Essex.

Gloucester

Photo: dbking, CC BY 2.0.

Gloucester is a city in Massachusetts. One of the country's oldest settlements, established in 1623, it serves as America's oldest seaport. Although the sea is contributing less to the city's economy, Gloucester is still a true New England fishing center as immortalized in the movie The Perfect Storm.

Essex

Photo: GMushinsky, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Essex is a town in on Cape Ann in the North Shore region of Massachusetts. Settled by direct descendants of the Mayflower passengers in the early 1600s, it was later world-renowned as North America's fishing schooner construction center.

Annisquam

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Annisquam is a waterfront village in the city of Gloucester in Essex County on the North Shore of Massachusetts, United States. It is a few miles across Cape Ann from downtown Gloucester.

Whitemore Salt Marsh

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.6525° or 42° 39′ 9″ north

Longitude

-70.7105° or 70° 42′ 38″ west

Operator

Essex County Greenbelt Association

Open location code

87JFM72Q+XR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29689844

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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